make it happen colangelo.
doooo ittt....
May 30, 2007
May 29, 2007
let it die
if the yankees are supposedly mired in a hopeless talespin, what does that say about the jays?
we're only 1 game ahead of them.
if the yankees are terrible this year, the jays are just quietly trying to avoid being noticed....
we're only 1 game ahead of them.
if the yankees are terrible this year, the jays are just quietly trying to avoid being noticed....
May 28, 2007
no one needs to know
a well deserved sleeping in.
feist was incredible on saturday, she put on one of the better shows i've ever seen at massey hall. she's powered by personality, and her music is definitely just an extension of that at her show. it's pretty crazy to see. all around an amazingly talented girl.
feist was incredible on saturday, she put on one of the better shows i've ever seen at massey hall. she's powered by personality, and her music is definitely just an extension of that at her show. it's pretty crazy to see. all around an amazingly talented girl.
May 24, 2007
falling slowly
you know what makes me feel old?
realizing that we are no longer the young, cool generation of softball kids at church, hahaha
we are officially the old team.
we also do not have a kickass websites that has stats, profiles, a blog, and....RSS feeds? what? justin's a nerd, hahahaha
check out the david's mighty men site. i am in awe.
realizing that we are no longer the young, cool generation of softball kids at church, hahaha
we are officially the old team.
we also do not have a kickass websites that has stats, profiles, a blog, and....RSS feeds? what? justin's a nerd, hahahaha
check out the david's mighty men site. i am in awe.
May 23, 2007
people get ready
portland and seattle 1 and 2? so who's willing to bet against Nike signing both oden and durant before the month is over? nobody? yea, i wouldn't either.
why is it everybody thinks that taking the best player available is the same thing as saying take kevin durant first overall? has it occurred to anybody that oden might actually be the best player in the draft? just a thought.
finally, can people please stop making the michael joran draft analogy? please? everybody says that it's ridiculous to pass on the next MJ, and that we all should have learned our lesson in '84
what i personally have learned since '84 (a tumultuous terrible twos for me, i remember it fondly) is that a dominant center ALWAYS pans out.
i don't care how many big man busts there have been, if you roll the dice on a talented dominant big and win, that equals championships. rolling the dice on talented wings is just as, if not more risky these days (name someone who's done what MJ did. what? nobody? curious....) plus even when they do pan out, it never guarantees rings (see tmac, vc, dirk, kg even, etc etc...)
in other words, greg oden is going to portland. no question about it, barring some sort of unforeseen deal breaker. at this point, i could make a cliched jailblazer joke. but i'm better than that, so you should be too.
.....
and for those of you who remember my NBA draft = dating analogy, i'm going to break this year's crop down into laywomans terms for the ladies.
greg oden is the professional student who is relatively well balanced in everything and is certainly going to be a rich ass dude who makes the world a better place, as well a dedicated family man. he might even end AIDS somehow, through either doing research or ridiculously generous philanthropy. hell, perhaps through both.
kevin durant is a performing artist who's about to make it huge. he's enourmously talented, and is capable of both winning a grammy and an oscar without people rolling their eyes. just enormous potential for greatness. and he's not even fake about it, he just happens to be really good at stuff in a way that seems almost unfair.
see, the difference between real life and the NBA now, is that even if kevin durant DOES end up winning a grammy, an oscar, a VIBE lifetime achievement award, and the nobel peace prize, he might still not necessary win a championship if he's on a crappy team, or surrounded by incompetent organizations. (see kevin garnett).
however, i just realized after typing out that comparison that most people would choose durant in a heartbeat.
i guess my analogy is somewhat flawed. dammit. back to the drawing board.
why is it everybody thinks that taking the best player available is the same thing as saying take kevin durant first overall? has it occurred to anybody that oden might actually be the best player in the draft? just a thought.
finally, can people please stop making the michael joran draft analogy? please? everybody says that it's ridiculous to pass on the next MJ, and that we all should have learned our lesson in '84
what i personally have learned since '84 (a tumultuous terrible twos for me, i remember it fondly) is that a dominant center ALWAYS pans out.
i don't care how many big man busts there have been, if you roll the dice on a talented dominant big and win, that equals championships. rolling the dice on talented wings is just as, if not more risky these days (name someone who's done what MJ did. what? nobody? curious....) plus even when they do pan out, it never guarantees rings (see tmac, vc, dirk, kg even, etc etc...)
in other words, greg oden is going to portland. no question about it, barring some sort of unforeseen deal breaker. at this point, i could make a cliched jailblazer joke. but i'm better than that, so you should be too.
.....
and for those of you who remember my NBA draft = dating analogy, i'm going to break this year's crop down into laywomans terms for the ladies.
greg oden is the professional student who is relatively well balanced in everything and is certainly going to be a rich ass dude who makes the world a better place, as well a dedicated family man. he might even end AIDS somehow, through either doing research or ridiculously generous philanthropy. hell, perhaps through both.
kevin durant is a performing artist who's about to make it huge. he's enourmously talented, and is capable of both winning a grammy and an oscar without people rolling their eyes. just enormous potential for greatness. and he's not even fake about it, he just happens to be really good at stuff in a way that seems almost unfair.
see, the difference between real life and the NBA now, is that even if kevin durant DOES end up winning a grammy, an oscar, a VIBE lifetime achievement award, and the nobel peace prize, he might still not necessary win a championship if he's on a crappy team, or surrounded by incompetent organizations. (see kevin garnett).
however, i just realized after typing out that comparison that most people would choose durant in a heartbeat.
i guess my analogy is somewhat flawed. dammit. back to the drawing board.
May 20, 2007
dull flame of desire
June 25 - The Fiery Furnaces
July 1st - Harbourfront festival
July 14 - Mirah
Sept 8 - Vfest
July 1st - Harbourfront festival
July 14 - Mirah
Sept 8 - Vfest
May 17, 2007
jazz crabs
fox renews 24 for two more season.
am i the only one who is already jaded by jack bauer's endless string of day-to-end-all-days?
someone please put this poor man out his misery.
no one deserves to have this many bad days in one lifetime.
can you imagine the stress of knowing that every year, you're guaranteed to have to save the world at some point? how could you ever garner the courage to get out of bed? I'd be debilitated by fear every morning I woke up. even the day's you don't have to save the world, i doubt he enjoys. all he probably can think about is "one day down. 364 more to days to worry about...."
poor guy.
am i the only one who is already jaded by jack bauer's endless string of day-to-end-all-days?
someone please put this poor man out his misery.
no one deserves to have this many bad days in one lifetime.
can you imagine the stress of knowing that every year, you're guaranteed to have to save the world at some point? how could you ever garner the courage to get out of bed? I'd be debilitated by fear every morning I woke up. even the day's you don't have to save the world, i doubt he enjoys. all he probably can think about is "one day down. 364 more to days to worry about...."
poor guy.
May 16, 2007
the resurrection
thoughts:
- stephen jackson must be a schizo or something. how can someone be so crazy one minute, and seem so genuinely sane the next? it's mind boggling. he essentially clotheslines dee brown, goes nuts for a technical foul complaining, and then the second the game ends he runs up to jerry sloan and hugs him. what? the real-life equivalent would be if someone beating the snot out of you for insulting his shoes, then taking you to the hospital and waiting until you're stitched up before taking you out for a drink as if nothing ever happened. just completely nuts.
- the suspensions to amare and diaw are probably the most controversial i can remember in recent memory. it's hard to swallow, really. by the letter of the law there is little doubt they made their call. but there should always be exceptions.
the frustrating part of the decision is not merely that it was unbelievably draconian, but the decision favours the team that committed the crime! truehoop points out the warped logical end of this decision.
then again, if it's must see TV the NBA wanted, they certainly have it now (debately, they had it before anyways with the intensity we've seen so far). let it be known though, if the suns manage to win game 5, they will win this year's championship. it's undeniable; as certain as paris hilton complaining to her prison guards about unstylish bedsheets.
- wearing a steve nash jersey actually produces a noticeable increase in pressure while playing basketball. as if i have to justify why i'm wearing it to a bunch of random dudes.
also, i keep forgetting to yell hibachi when i hit game winners.....i can't wait until gil's healthy
- i think i need to hang out with guys more. all my life i've pretty much been socially surrounded by a gaggle of girls. which to some may be a pimps life.
but at this stage, i think i need some guy love.
come find me fellas. i want a hug.
- stephen jackson must be a schizo or something. how can someone be so crazy one minute, and seem so genuinely sane the next? it's mind boggling. he essentially clotheslines dee brown, goes nuts for a technical foul complaining, and then the second the game ends he runs up to jerry sloan and hugs him. what? the real-life equivalent would be if someone beating the snot out of you for insulting his shoes, then taking you to the hospital and waiting until you're stitched up before taking you out for a drink as if nothing ever happened. just completely nuts.
- the suspensions to amare and diaw are probably the most controversial i can remember in recent memory. it's hard to swallow, really. by the letter of the law there is little doubt they made their call. but there should always be exceptions.
the frustrating part of the decision is not merely that it was unbelievably draconian, but the decision favours the team that committed the crime! truehoop points out the warped logical end of this decision.
A TrueHoop reader emailed a great point -- by this logic, if James Jones had noticed that Duncan and Bowen had wandered on the court in the second quarter, he should have immediately decked Francisco Elson. There's your altercation. Mr. Commissioner! Presumably Jones, Duncan, and Bowen would have all been suspended for Game 5 -- a big win for Phoenix.i wonder if the assistant coaches for phoenix are in trouble for this one -- it's their responsibility to keep their players on the bench in situations just like these. a travesty really.
then again, if it's must see TV the NBA wanted, they certainly have it now (debately, they had it before anyways with the intensity we've seen so far). let it be known though, if the suns manage to win game 5, they will win this year's championship. it's undeniable; as certain as paris hilton complaining to her prison guards about unstylish bedsheets.
- wearing a steve nash jersey actually produces a noticeable increase in pressure while playing basketball. as if i have to justify why i'm wearing it to a bunch of random dudes.
also, i keep forgetting to yell hibachi when i hit game winners.....i can't wait until gil's healthy
- i think i need to hang out with guys more. all my life i've pretty much been socially surrounded by a gaggle of girls. which to some may be a pimps life.
but at this stage, i think i need some guy love.
come find me fellas. i want a hug.
May 15, 2007
no such thing
for those who know me well, they can only imagine my elation today.
and a big thank you to Winners, without whom none of this could have been made possible. security database breach be damned, i still love you.
behold, perhaps the only material object in the world that i have consistantly longed to own over the past decade or so:
and a big thank you to Winners, without whom none of this could have been made possible. security database breach be damned, i still love you.
behold, perhaps the only material object in the world that i have consistantly longed to own over the past decade or so:
May 14, 2007
she don't have to know
does anyone have spare bookends that they don't need anymore? i'll gladly take them off your hands.
and milk crates?
and spray paint?
yea, i'll take those too. shoot me an email.
and milk crates?
and spray paint?
yea, i'll take those too. shoot me an email.
May 10, 2007
May 9, 2007
Phrases like "rare talent" are thrown around all the time these days, but this compilation makes painfully clear just how unique and valuable this music is. Smith's visionary qualities were not terribly flashy or transgressive, and his great musical gifts were not those of innovation. Instead, he steadily and quietly wrote, honed, and recorded a body of beautifully executed, deeply moving records not quite like any others. Consider him the patron saint of hobbyists, a talented and dedicated craftsman with a tireless love of the creative process.i normally hate pitchfork. but this summation by matt lemay in his review of 'new moon' is as succinctly as anyone could have put it, so good on him.
we miss ya elliott.
with the window open, i can hear the train going by in the middle of the night.
like some distant thunder, it wafts to my bed through the darkness, the sound coming from nowhere, but quickly becoming so natural you begin to think it had always been there before.
as the rumble recedes, and eventually pitter patters away into the dark from which it came, the sudden silence is startling. the quiet of the night is new again, the peace of the darkness undisturbed, reminding me that there is still much to wonder about outside my picturesque three-pane window.
lights pierce the darkness, a part of my everyday sights.
but there are stories behind those lights. behind the faces who placed those lights. and the minds who created those lights.
everything has a story. every face, every tree, every mailbox, every traffic light.
our world is full of stories.
so maybe we're just here to listen.
like some distant thunder, it wafts to my bed through the darkness, the sound coming from nowhere, but quickly becoming so natural you begin to think it had always been there before.
as the rumble recedes, and eventually pitter patters away into the dark from which it came, the sudden silence is startling. the quiet of the night is new again, the peace of the darkness undisturbed, reminding me that there is still much to wonder about outside my picturesque three-pane window.
lights pierce the darkness, a part of my everyday sights.
but there are stories behind those lights. behind the faces who placed those lights. and the minds who created those lights.
everything has a story. every face, every tree, every mailbox, every traffic light.
our world is full of stories.
so maybe we're just here to listen.
May 8, 2007
balaclava
it's amazing what 25 and sunny can do for ones disposition.
i immediately went from content to happy when i opened my front door. awesome.
i immediately went from content to happy when i opened my front door. awesome.
May 7, 2007
anthem for a seventeen year-old girl
ouch.The conditions of discipleship given to us by our Lord in verses 26, 27, and 33 mean that the men and women He is going to use in His mighty building enterprises are those in whom He has done everything. "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple " (Luke 14:26 ). This verse teaches us that the only men and women our Lord will use in His building enterprises are those who love Him personally, passionately, and with great devotion— those who have a love for Him that goes far beyond any of the closest relationships on earth. The conditions are strict, but they are glorious.
All that we build is going to be inspected by God. When God inspects us with His searching and refining fire, will He detect that we have built enterprises of our own on the foundation of Jesus? (see 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 ). We are living in a time of tremendous enterprises, a time when we are trying to work for God, and that is where the trap is. Profoundly speaking, we can never work for God. Jesus, as the Master Builder, takes us over so that He may direct and control us completely for His enterprises and His building plans; and no one has any right to demand where he will be put to work.
May 6, 2007
May 4, 2007
wow.
spiderman 3 is really....really bad.
i've never laughed so much at a movie that wasn't particularly trying to be funny.
moreover, i haven't seen people literally walk out of a movie -- least yet a hugely hyped 12:10am premier showing -- in a very very long time.
quote of the night:
guy walking out the door with 20 minutes left in the movie yells to decidedly impatient and by this point extremely sarcastic crowd: "this was fucking terrible"
*crowd breaks into applause and laughter*
yikes.
spiderman 3 is really....really bad.
i've never laughed so much at a movie that wasn't particularly trying to be funny.
moreover, i haven't seen people literally walk out of a movie -- least yet a hugely hyped 12:10am premier showing -- in a very very long time.
quote of the night:
guy walking out the door with 20 minutes left in the movie yells to decidedly impatient and by this point extremely sarcastic crowd: "this was fucking terrible"
*crowd breaks into applause and laughter*
yikes.
May 1, 2007
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